DEvelopment of a microfluidics-based intracochlear drug delivery Device

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-422

  Sewell, William F ^a   Borenstein, Jeffrey T ^b   Chen, Zhiqiang ^a   Fiering, Jason ^b   Handzel, Ophir ^a   Holmboe, Maria ^b   Kim, Ernest S ^b   Kujawa, Sharon G ^a   McKenna, Michael J ^a   Mescher, Mark M ^b   Murphy, Brian ^a,b   Eary Swan, Erin E ^b,c   Peppi, Marcello ^a   Tao, Sarah ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct delivery; Drugs; Inner ear; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GUINEA PIGS; MICROFLUIDICS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERILYMPH;

EID: 73349084296     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241898     Document Type: Article

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